2002 - B.S. in Biology: China Agricultural University
2007 - Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: China Agricultural University
NIH Director’s Awards, 2012
863 Young Scientist Fund, 2014
National Natural Science Foundation Excellent Young Scientist Fund, 2015
Selected for Ministry of Education National Leading Talent Program, 2023
2007-2012 - National Institutes of Health - Postdoctoral Fellow
2012-Present - Xiamen University, School of Life Science - Professor
NIH Director’s Awards (2012): Recognition for outstanding contributions
Second Prize in Fujian Province University Young Teacher Teaching Competition (2018)
Xiamen University 'He Yici Lecture Professor Award' (2021)
Xiamen University 'My Favorite Ten Teachers' (2020)
Special Prize in Xiamen University 12th Young Teacher Teaching Skills Competition (2017)
Research
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Plasmodium infection and parasitism in Anopheles mosquitoes Development and optimization of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools for Plasmodium
A subpellicular microtubule dynein transport machinery regulates ookinete morphogenesis for mosquito transmission of Plasmodium yoelii, Bing Liu, Cong Liu, Zhenkui Li, Wenjia Liu, Huiting Cui, Jing Yuan, 2024
An axonemal intron splicing program sustains Plasmodium male development, Jiepeng Guan, Peijia Wu, Xiaoli Mo, Xiaolong Zhang, Wenqi Liang, Xiaoming Zhang, Lubin Jiang, Jian Li, Huiting Cui, Jing Yuan, 2024
A Cas9 transgenic Plasmodium yoelii parasite for efficient gene editing, Pengge Qian, Xu Wang, Zhenke Yang, Zhenkui Li, Han Gao, XinZhuan Su, Huiting Cui, Jing Yuan, 2018
Systematic CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Modifications of Plasmodium yoelii ApiAP2 Genes Reveal Functional Insights into Parasite Development, Cui Zhang, Zhenkui Li, Huiting Cui, Yuanyuan Jiang, Zhenke Yang, Xu Wang, Han Gao, Cong Liu, Shujia Zhang, XinZhuan Su, Jing Yuan, 2017
CRISPR/Cas9 mediated sequential editing of genes critical for ookinete motility in Plasmodium yoelii, Cui Zhang, Han Gao, Zhenke Yang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Zhenkui Li, Xu Wang, Bo Xiao, XinZhuan Su, Huiting Cui, Jing Yuan, 2017
Efficient Editing of Malaria Parasite Genome Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System, Cui Zhang, Bo Xiao, Yuanyuan Jiang, Yihua Zhao, Zhenkui Li, Han Gao, Yuan Ling, Jun Wei, Shaoneng Li, Mingke Lu, XinZhuan Su, Huiting Cui, Jing Yuan, 2014
Chemical genomic profiling for antimalarial therapies, response signatures and molecular targets, Jing Yuan, Ken Chih-Chien Cheng, Ronald Johnson, Ruili Huang, Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat, Anna Liu, Rajarshi Guha, David Fidock, James Inglese, Thomas E Wellems, Christopher Austin, Xinzhuan Su, 2011
Genetic mapping of targets mediating differential chemical phenotypes in Plasmodium falciparum, Jing Yuan, Ronald L Johnson, Ruili Huang, Jennifer Wichterman, Hongying Jiang, Karen Hayton, David A Fidock, Thomas E Wellems, James Inglese, Christopher P Austin, Xinzhuan Su, 2009